Kanji Detail for 甫 - "beginning, large, honorific"

甫

Jinmeiyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
甫 means "beginning, large, honorific."
1. Beginning - The start; the first.
2. Large - Wide; extensive; great.
3. Honorific - A respectful title for men.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

for the first time; not until

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

begin; man, father; great; a distance of ten li

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(classical) barely; just; just now

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to begin; man, father; great; a distance of ten li

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

An honorific for men. Such as Confucius being called Nifu. Zhou had a grandee named Jiafu. Song had a grandee named Kongfu. Anciently written as 父. | A courtesy name is called 甫. Hence asking someone's courtesy name is called 台甫. | Calling one's father is called 甫. Such as calling someone's father 尊甫 (your honorable father). | Just beginning. Such as saying 甫有端倪 (just showing signs) and such.
Onyomi

fu(ふ)

ho(ほ)
Kunyomi

haji.me(はじめ)

oo.kii(おおきい)
Strokes

7 strokes
Radical

用 (mochiiru)
Related Keywords
beginning start first large wide honorific respect title man gentleman initial origin opening extensive great esteemed venerable broad expansive founder